Salt water spinning reel



Oct 1955 T. F. SARAH SALT WATER SPINNING REEL Filed March 29, 1955INVENTOR.

THOMAS F ARAH BY ATTORNEYS United States Patent SALT WATER SPINNING REELThomas F. Sarah, Akron, Ohio, assignor to The Enterprise ManufacturingCompany, Akron, Ohio, at corpo= ration of Ohio Application March 29,1955, Serial No. 497,646

8 Claims. (Cl. 24284.6)

The invention relates generally to spinning reels for fishing, and moreparticularly to a spinning reel designed for salt water fishing andhaving an improved construction.

Spinning reels have a pick-up arm or bale which guides the line onto thespool during winding and the arm is mounted on a carrier surrounding thespool. As the line is wound by rotating either the spool or the carrier,either the spool or carrier reciprocates to level wind the line on thespool.

It is desirable to provide means for adjusting the spool with respect tothe pick-up arm so that the level wind action corresponds exactly to thefull width of the spool, and also to provide means for adjusting thedrag or tension on the spool to allow it to turn independently toprevent breaking of the line when the pull exceeds a predeterminedamount. In the present invention both of these adjustments are made in asimple manner at the outer end of the spool.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide aspinning reel having improved means at one end of the reel for adjustingthe relative positions of the spool and the pick-up arm.

Another object is to provide means at the same end of the reel foradjusting the drag on the spool.

These and other objects are accomplished by the improved construction ofthe present invention, a preferred embodiment of which is shown by Wayof example in the accompanying drawing and described in detail herein.Various modifications and changes in details of construction arecomprehended within the scope of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improved reelconstruction, showing the collapsed or adjusted position of the crankhandle in chain lines.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 to show theratchet bushing for adjusting the position of the spool relative to thepick-up arm.

Fig. 3 is a detached view of the opposite end of the ratchet bushing.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view as on line 44 of Fig. 2.

The spinning reel shown in Fig. 1 has a spool shaft 11) on the outer endof which is mounted the spool 11. The inner spool flange 12 has arearwardly disposed annular flange 13 which extends within the annularflange 14 of a cup-shaped carrier 15 on which the bale or pick-up arm 16is mounted for swinging over the spool. One end of the arm 16 isrotatably mounted in the flange 14 by means of the ball joint 17. Theotherend is connected to a bracket 18 rotatable on a pivot screw 18' onthe opposite side of the carrier, and the bracket 18 carries a lineguide roller 19 for guiding the line to the spool when the bale 16 is inwinding position.

A latch 20 engages the bracket 18 to selectively hold the bale either inthe winding or casting position, and spring means (not shown) isprovided for yieldingly mg 2,756,956 Patented Oct. 16, 1958 ing the baleto winding position when the latch is tripped. The latch is pivoted at21 on the carrier 15, and suitable mechanism is provided within thecarrier for tripping the latch at the start of the winding operation.The parts thus far described are typical of spinning reels such as shownin my copending application Serial No. 371,385, filed July 30, 1953, nowPatent No. 2,713,463 of July 19, 1955, and per se form no part of thepresent invention.

The spool 11 is held on the shaft 10 by means of a nut 22 screwed on theend of the shaft, and the nut abuts the end of a bushing 23 on which thespool is nonrotatively mounted, and in which the shaft is journaled. Thepressure of the nut 22 holds the spool in frictional abutment with theface of a ratchet bushing 24 which is fixed on the shaft by a pin 25. Aspring washer member 26 within the nut 22 is interposed between the nutand a washer 27 slidable along the flat end of the nut and abutting thebushing 23. Thus by adjusting the nut the amount of pressure of thespool on the ratchet bushing 24 and hence the amount of drag on thespool is adjusted.

The shaft has journaled thereon a bushing 28 which extend-s within andis fixed to the reeutrant hub of the carrier 15 by a nut 29. The innerend of the bushing 28 has a bevel pinion gear 30 formed thereon whichmeshes with a bevel ring gear 31 within the housing 32 for rotating thecarrier. The gear 31 is secured on the inner end of a crank shaft 33extending at right angles to the spool shaft 10.

A crank handle 34 is mounted in an inclined position on the outer end ofthe shaft, and preferably extends slidably through a hole in the outerend of a cap 35 screwed on the outer end of shaft 33. The end of thecrank handle has a cross pin 36 fixed therein, and the pin is normallyengaged in a V-notch 37 in the cap 35 to prevent turning of the handle.A locking sleeve bushing 38 is screwed on the exterior of cap 35 and hasan outer annular flange 39 for normally engaging over the end of crankhandle 34 to hold the pin 36 in V-notch 37.

Thus, by screwing the locking bushing 38 inwardly on shaft 33 andreleasing the crank handle, the handle may be slid rearwardly to theposition shown in chain lines in Fig. 1 and the finger piece 40 on theouter end of the handle rotated inwardly, to place the handle in anoutof-the-way position for storing and shipping the reel.

Crank shaft 33 is journaled in a sleeve bushing 42 which is mounted in ahousing plate 43 secured to housing 32 by screws 44 and enclosing thegear 31 within the housing. The rear end of the spool shaft 10 isslidably mounted in an end wall of the housing by a cone shaped bushing45 which extends beyond the end wall and has an outer conical flangepeened to the housing.

In order to reciprocate the shaft 10 axially to move the spool in andout of the carrier 15 as the carrier rotates, an eccentrically locatedroller 46 on the ring gear 31 is connected to a yoke 47 secured on theshaft by means of a screw 48. The roller 46 is journaled on a pin 49mounted eccentrically of the gear, and the roller is rotatably receivedin a cylindrical socket 50 on the underside of the yoke 47.

The novel means for adjusting the spool 11 axially of the shaft relativeto the carrier 15 and pick-up arm 16 so that the line will be evenlylevel wound on the spool throughout its full width, preferably includesmeans for adjusting the axial position of the ratchet bushing 24 againstwhich the spool abuts. This bushing has a hub 51 which receives thebushing 23 at its outer end and engages the pin 25 at its inner end. Acylindrical flange 52 surrounds the hub and is connected thereto byradial ribs 53, and terminates at its inner end in an outturned annularflange portion 54 having ratchet teeth 55 in its outer rim. The teeth 55are engaged by a click pawl 56 yieldingly held against the teeth by aspring 56'. The pawl 56 is pivotally mounted on the spool by a screw 57.When the pull on the line exceeds the drag and rotates the spool 11 onthe shaft 10, the pawl ratchets over the teeth 55. The ratchet bushing24 and the pawl 56 may be made of plastic material if desired.

The inner end of cylindrical flange 52 of the ratchet bushing isprovided with pairs of circumferentially spaced diametrically oppositenotches 58 of graduated depths for selectively receiving the ends of thepin 25, and radially aligned notches 59 of corresponding depths areprovided in the hub 51 for receiving the central portion of the pin. Asshown, there are five pairs of notches 58, each pair of different depththan the others, and the pairs are numbered 1 through 5 on the outerannular shoulder 60. Radially aligned with each pair of notches 58 aretwo notches 59 of the same depth in the hub 51.

In order to adjust the position of the spool 11 on the shaft relative tothe carrier 15, the nut '22 is unscrewed and the spool removed from theshaft. The ratchet bushing 24 may then be moved away from the pin 25 todisengage it from the notches 58 and 59, and the bushing is then rotatedso as to engage another set of notches S8 and 59 of different depth withthe pin. The numbers 1 through 5 on the outer annular shoulder 60 areopposite the pairs of notches 58 of graduated depths, number 1designating the shallowest and number 5 designating the deepest notches,as a visual aid in making the adjustment.

Thus, the five pairs of notches 58 represent five different adjustedpositions of the spool on the shaft, and the adjustment is easily madeby removing the nut at the outer end of the shaft which controls theamount of drag on the spool.

What is claimed is:

1. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft, a pick-up armcarrier and spool mounted on the shaft for relative rotation, and mean-sfor causing relative reciprocation of said carrier and spool during saidrelative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft and projecting laterallytherefrom, a bushing on said shaft and having a plurality of notches ofdifferent depth for selectively engaging said pin, and a nut on the endof the shaft for holding the spool in abutment with said bushing andsaid pin engaged in a selected notch.

2. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft, a pick-up armcarrier and spool mounted on the shaft for relative rotation, and meansfor causing relative reciprocation of said carrier and spool during saidrelative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft and projecting laterallytherefrom, a bushing on said shaft and having a plurality of notches ofdifferent depth for selectively engaging said pin, a nut on the end ofthe shaft for holding the spool in abutment with said bushing and saidpin engaged in a selected notch, and yielding means between the nut andspool to apply a drag on the spool.

3. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft, a pick-up armcarrier and spool mounted on the shaft for relative rotation, and meansfor causing relative reciprocation of said carrier and spool during saidrelative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft and projecting laterallytherefrom, a bushing on said shaft and having in one end a plurality ofpairs of diametrically opposite notches of different depths forselectively engaging the ends of the pin, and a nut on the end of theshaft for holding the spool in abutment with the other end of saidbushing and said pin engaged in a selected pair of notches. 4

4. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft,

a pick-up arm carrier and spool mounted on the shaft for relativerotation, and means for causing relative reciprocation of said carrierand spool during said relative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft andprojecting laterally therefrom, a bushing on said shaft and having inone end a plurality of pairs of diametrically opposite notches ofdifferent depths for selectively engaging the ends of the pin, a nut onthe end of the shaft for holding the spool in abutment with the otherend of said bushing and said pin engaged in a selected pair of notches,and yielding means between the nut and spool to apply a drag on thespool.

5. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft, a pick-up armcarrier and spool mounted on the shaft for relative rotation, and meansfor causing relative reciprocation of said carrier and spool during saidrelative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft and projecting laterallytherefrom, a ratchet bushing on said shaft having external teeth and aplurality of internal notches of different depth for selectivelyengaging said pin, a ratchet pawl engaging said teeth, and a nut on theend of the shaft for holding the spool in abutment with said bushing andsaid pin engaged in a selected notch.

6. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft, a pick-up armcarrier and spool mounted on the shaft for relative rotation, and meansfor causing relative reciprocation of said carrier and spool during saidrelative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft and projecting laterallytherefrom, a ratchet bushing on said shaft having external teeth and aplurality of internal notches of different depth for selectivelyengaging said pin, a ratchet pawl engaging said teeth, a nut on the endof the shaft for holding the spool in abutment with said bushing andsaid pin engaged in a selected notch, and yielding means between the nutand spool to apply a drag on the spool.

7. In a spinning reel for fishing having a spool shaft, a pick-up armcarrier and spool mounted on the shaf for relative rotation, and meansfor causing relative reciprocation of said carrier and spool during saidrelative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft and projecting laterallytherefrom, a ratchet bushing on said shaft having external teeth and aplurality of pairs of diametrically opposite internal notches ofdifferent depths for selectively reciprocation of said carrier and spoolduring said relative rotation, a pin secured in said shaft andprojecting laterally therefrom, a ratchet bushing on said shaft havingexternal teeth and a plurality of pairs of diametrically oppositeinternal notches of difierent depths for selectively engaging the endsof said-pin, a ratchet pawl engaging said teeth, a nut on the end of theshaft for holding the spool in abutment with said bushing and said pinengaged in a selected pair of notches, and yielding means between thenut and spool to apply a drag on the spool.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,495,621 Young et a1. Jan. 24, 1950 2,550,271 Kagel Apr. 24, 19512,558,896 Young et al. July 3, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 877,510 Germany Mar.26, 1953

